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i want to talk about the good news for the obama team right now. cynthia, why do you think -- take a minute here -- despite this ugly campaign i've just pointed out in its pattern, its thread, what they are doing to try to delegitimize this president, why is he doing well in the toughest states? >> we've talked about what campaign has done wrong. we haven't spent as much time talking about the things obama has done right. obama has done a lot of things right. for one thing, he's just a stronger candidate. he relates to people better. he's more approachable. his favorability rates are higher, while romney has high unfavorability ratings. but obama actually has a set of principles he believes in. so, he has a message that he carries out on the campaign trail over and over again. mitt romney doesn't appear to have anything he believes in so he has spent a lot of the campaign flip-flopping. obama makes early moves that are -- >> i understand you -- >> -- that are doing well for him. >> i believe you understand they made a smart, strategic move to go af
i want to talk about the good news for the obama team right now. cynthia, why do you think -- take a minute here -- despite this ugly campaign i've just pointed out in its pattern, its thread, what they are doing to try to delegitimize this president, why is he doing well in the toughest states? >> we've talked about what campaign has done wrong. we haven't spent as much time talking about the things obama has done right. obama has done a lot of things right. for one thing, he's just a...
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romney versus obama next wednesday 8:00 eastern right here cnn. >>> just in. news from space. we are just getting word of a pretty big discovery on mars. folks, it involves water. that's next. pass pass here's what happened... i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... me.id i had to go to the doctor.a type of gynecologic cancer. i received please l if something doesn't feel right get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers.é l. s ompat can help you stay that's heahier than that? . >>> mars rover curiosity on the job for 50 days driving around the red planet's rocky terrain and conducting experiments. nasa has a brand new update on the roving laboratory's discoverhein. >> big stuff round rocks like marbles. how do rocks get round? and remain round? either wind or water. >> water. >> these are too big, 4 centimeters, a couple of inches almost, too big pushed around by the wind so there was an ancient stream bed. one from the earth and one from mars. probably ran for what they think thousands of years. >> l
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so bombs in afghanistan, right? here was the rather outrageously high numbers of bombs in afghanistan in 2009 when president obama was making his decision about the surge. these are ieds. here's the level now. here's what we went through during the surge years. the interim years. that's 2010 and 2011. so, you know, it's possible to spin this as, oh, look, 2012 is slightly better than last year, looks like it might be, right? that wasn't the point. the idea was that it was supposed to get better than when we started the surge. this deadline that the president set for leaving at the end of 2014 was prefaced on the idea that the surge would have created some better environment from which it would make sense we could leave because things would be better. if that promise is wrong and things after the surge are worse than before the surge, if things are not going to get better by the time we are set to leave, then why are we sticking with that as still being the time to leave? when the pentagon announced the end of the su
so bombs in afghanistan, right? here was the rather outrageously high numbers of bombs in afghanistan in 2009 when president obama was making his decision about the surge. these are ieds. here's the level now. here's what we went through during the surge years. the interim years. that's 2010 and 2011. so, you know, it's possible to spin this as, oh, look, 2012 is slightly better than last year, looks like it might be, right? that wasn't the point. the idea was that it was supposed to get better...
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everything planned right down to the minute tonight. president obama will enter from the right. the governor from massachusetts, governor romney entering from the left. to give you an idea of the setting here, about 1,000 people inside this debate hall, when it starts. look behind the cameras tonight. we're inside a hockey arena that normally seats 8,000 but they've created this intimate setting as tens of millions watch from their living rooms tonight. when president obama and mitt romney walk onto that stage tonight, it will be the first time they've met face to face in four years. last time, during the presidential race in 2008, during those back-to-back democratic and republican presidential debates during the primaries when candidates from both sides were called on the stage, it was senator obama and governor romney talking. the president congratulated romney when he clinched the republican nomination and this moment in 2007, a labor day parade in 2007. >> good luck to you today. >> reporter: but tonight, they will shake hands in front of millions watching, before debating
everything planned right down to the minute tonight. president obama will enter from the right. the governor from massachusetts, governor romney entering from the left. to give you an idea of the setting here, about 1,000 people inside this debate hall, when it starts. look behind the cameras tonight. we're inside a hockey arena that normally seats 8,000 but they've created this intimate setting as tens of millions watch from their living rooms tonight. when president obama and mitt romney walk...
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. >> mitt romney is what, five, six, seven eight points behind barack obama right now. is that the same kind of polling you guys are finding with your internal? >> it is not consistent with our polling. >> jennifer: when abc's david muir asked mitt romney about polls that showed his 47% comment had actually hurt him mitt romney did what comes naturally. he lied about it. >> well, i'm very pleased with some polls. less so with other polls but frankly at this early stage polls go up and polls go down. as you look at the national polls, you see i'm tied in the national polls. >> jennifer: in fact, it is just not true. the latest national gallup poll from today has the president up by 6 points. gallup that far left, skewed organization. but there does seem to be little room for reality in the current republican party. so the polls themselves have become the latest right wing scapegoat. so today fox news picked up the theme. >> are the swing states really swinging toward the president or could there possibly be some skewing going on by the media the left-based mainstream med
. >> mitt romney is what, five, six, seven eight points behind barack obama right now. is that the same kind of polling you guys are finding with your internal? >> it is not consistent with our polling. >> jennifer: when abc's david muir asked mitt romney about polls that showed his 47% comment had actually hurt him mitt romney did what comes naturally. he lied about it. >> well, i'm very pleased with some polls. less so with other polls but frankly at this early stage...
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>> right, you absolutely could. you ow, the truth is, you know, there's an ark of a story that you try to tell. so on our side, you watch what the obama campaign is doing. you watch what we're doing. e' ao ry' story. he started in his business career as a guy who, you know, bought companies, fired workers, made millions of dollars. went to become the governor of massachusetts. didn do a great job. and here's what we wants to do for the country. mns e no story mside, the about mitt romney. there's one ad about the olympics over the course of the summer. the story they tell about barack obama is, well, he's all these bad things. and so if you're trying to figure out, well, what is it that, what's the strategy here? that you were watching tv? >> rhtyou soluly cld. knthut there is an arc of a story that you try to tell. there is an art to the story. he's a guy who has bought companies, fired workers, didn't do a great job and here is what he wants to do to for the country. on t republican side, there is no story about m
>> right, you absolutely could. you ow, the truth is, you know, there's an ark of a story that you try to tell. so on our side, you watch what the obama campaign is doing. you watch what we're doing. e' ao ry' story. he started in his business career as a guy who, you know, bought companies, fired workers, made millions of dollars. went to become the governor of massachusetts. didn do a great job. and here's what we wants to do for the country. mns e no story mside, the about mitt romney....
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. >> well, actually barack means -- barack means in swahili blessed one, so you got that one right. will president obama challenge romney on the details of his vague tax plan, a tax plan almost every expert agrees doesn't make mathematical sense? yesterday paul ryan was grilled about it on, of all places, fox news. let's watch. >> how much would it cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> i'm just talking -- we'll get to -- >> the cut in tax rates will lower all americans' tax rates by 20%. >> how much does that cost? >> it's revenue neutral. lowering tax rates by broadening the tax base works. >> you haven't given me the math. >> i don't have the time -- it would take me too long to go through all the math. >> this is not the first time romney was challenged, or ryan, on the vagueness of the proposal. back in 1994 romney talked about a plan to tackle health care up in massachusetts. actually nationwide. but never explained what the cost would be, the cost of the program. his opponent in the race back then was ted kennedy memorably challenging him on that debate. let's watch how it's done.
. >> well, actually barack means -- barack means in swahili blessed one, so you got that one right. will president obama challenge romney on the details of his vague tax plan, a tax plan almost every expert agrees doesn't make mathematical sense? yesterday paul ryan was grilled about it on, of all places, fox news. let's watch. >> how much would it cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> i'm just talking -- we'll get to -- >> the cut in tax rates will lower all...
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i'm not sure if the debate is the right place to do it. after the paul ryan speech, you have the obama campaign referring to the lies in paul ryan's speech and that's echoed by president obama's allies in the media. when you don't have the romney campaign's response robustly. for example, president obama has been running ads claiming that mitt romney's going to race taxes on the middle class. now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments. and he's made all kinds of assumptions that the romney campaign has rejected. >> he's trying to close a lot of loopholes i know he doesn't want to close in order to make that true. >> also puts harvey rosen, you can also generate enough growth to avoid a middle class tax increase. there are a loft credible folks saying something else. it's a fact he's going to raise middle class tax. >> the obama campaign, david plouffe is a chris christie of the campaign saying their campaign is built on a tripod of lies and the president has said sometimes they ju
i'm not sure if the debate is the right place to do it. after the paul ryan speech, you have the obama campaign referring to the lies in paul ryan's speech and that's echoed by president obama's allies in the media. when you don't have the romney campaign's response robustly. for example, president obama has been running ads claiming that mitt romney's going to race taxes on the middle class. now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments....
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right now obama has the edge because he has the edge nationally. is it represented state and we are now seeing routinely as kind of the average 85% of the people who vote for, are voting for the candidate and 85% of the people voting for romney are moving into a quiet side parliamentary system. i think the voters as well as legislators in a way to behave. so it's very likely whichever candidate wins the presidential race in virginia, the party will also win the senate race. >> one thing when you look at athletic voters in northern virginia, many are connected to the boom in public spending and i think that is also something that shapes your perception of the two campaigns. >> the numbers are close nationally, which is different. it's a little better. the noncollege weights or worse. you've had this enormous gap and it goes back to this point where it stays for a lot of the blue-collar or evangelical, obama is especially struggling. >> i'd be interested to hear what reihan thinks about that. a lot of conservative banks and i think they're right that
right now obama has the edge because he has the edge nationally. is it represented state and we are now seeing routinely as kind of the average 85% of the people who vote for, are voting for the candidate and 85% of the people voting for romney are moving into a quiet side parliamentary system. i think the voters as well as legislators in a way to behave. so it's very likely whichever candidate wins the presidential race in virginia, the party will also win the senate race. >> one thing...
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i think right now obama has the edge because he has the edge nation. and in the senate race, look, we're messing routinely ask of the average 85% of the people who vote for obama are voting for the democratic senate candidate. we are moving into a quasi-parliamentary system. i think by voters as well but legislation in the way behave. i think it is very likely that whichever candidate wins the presidency, presidential race in virginia their party will also win the senate race. >> when you're looking at the affluent voters in virginia, most of them are connected to the boom and public spending. i think that's also something that shapes your perception. >> but it is, the numbers are very close to nation with different on the college white. it's a little better, your white. a noncollege whites are a little worse. you have more of a gap but i think it goes back to the point where a lot of the blue-collar states are evangelical, obama is especially struggling. >> did you have a you on the succession question? >> i would be interested to hear what wrong thin
i think right now obama has the edge because he has the edge nation. and in the senate race, look, we're messing routinely ask of the average 85% of the people who vote for obama are voting for the democratic senate candidate. we are moving into a quasi-parliamentary system. i think by voters as well but legislation in the way behave. i think it is very likely that whichever candidate wins the presidency, presidential race in virginia their party will also win the senate race. >> when...
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so, you have here the attention of the two different conflicting rights going on here. the rules proposed by the obama administration first said that peace church institutions had to provide contraceptive health care insurance for their employees. not only the u.s. catholic bishops but many other catholics and many other proponents of the religious liberty oppose the obama administration regulations but to its great credit the obama administration then proposed a compromise that such employees would be covered for contraception but the institution would not have to pay for it. now ms. fluke called that a brilliant solution as i recall, and in many ways i think it was. here was a conflict situation how can you keep everybody happy. now, no compromise is perfect by definition. but, nonetheless, it seems to me this was an ideal way to handle the situation. unfortunately, the united states bishops failed to go along with that in the name of religious freedom. and as i say, i think they have forgotten the freedom and the rights to call other people. so, i think that compromi
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. >> obama is tossing this load right over to united nations,he not? >> no money. >> no. >> he said the united nations will take care of it in so many words about. >> no, that's not what he said. >> we're members of the united nations. >> he was clearly saying what the united states would do, not what the united nations would do. >> is this physics or optics on the part of netanyahu? >> it's physicsp. >> it's also optics. >> of course. because when you have something that look hikes an atomic bomb and smells like an atomic bomb and can blow you up, it no longer becomes optics. >> didn't you say at the beginning this suddenly emerges as a big what, edge of the election issue? >> if it failed, it failed. john stewart had the perfect approach on him in the cartoowas silly. >> they kicked it over into the new year. the whole thing has been kicked over to the new year. >> has it become kicked over to the new administration? >> there may not be a new administration. >> there may be one. >> that may be part of the calculation as well. >> we know that the romn
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"the situation room" with wolf blitzer right now. >>> thanks very much. happening now, president obama on this day he has some time to raise money in person, but only time for a phone call with israel's leader. more criticism coming in. we're also looking at the obama administration's evolving attempts to explain who's responsible for the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. is the confusion becoming a political liability? and mitt romney says he has a little secret. you're going to hear him predict he'll win a state most experts think is safely in president obama's column. i'm wolf
"the situation room" with wolf blitzer right now. >>> thanks very much. happening now, president obama on this day he has some time to raise money in person, but only time for a phone call with israel's leader. more criticism coming in. we're also looking at the obama administration's evolving attempts to explain who's responsible for the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. is the confusion becoming a political liability? and mitt romney says he has a little secret....
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and you're right and they're wrong. we're going to win pennsylvania, we're going to take the white house. >> well, wolf blitzer with us now. so, you know, from washington, wolf, we have seen romney confine his campaign to the nine battleground states. why is he now taking a shot at this state, pennsylvania, which clearly seems to be leaning obama? >> according to the public polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he's got some private polls that he's doing inside his campaign that shows some other trends developing in pennsylvania. i haven't seen any public polls that would indicate he's got a shot in pennsylvania. i also haven't seen any indication that the romney campaign is spending any campaign money advertising in pennsylvania. if they are, it is really not much. but as i say, maybe there is something that his campaign knows that we don't yet know because right now it looks like obama is doing really, really well in pennsylvania. and the surrounding states, new jersey, new york, or maryland for tha
and you're right and they're wrong. we're going to win pennsylvania, we're going to take the white house. >> well, wolf blitzer with us now. so, you know, from washington, wolf, we have seen romney confine his campaign to the nine battleground states. why is he now taking a shot at this state, pennsylvania, which clearly seems to be leaning obama? >> according to the public polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he's got some private polls that he's doing inside...
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romney versus obama next wednesday 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> just in. news from space. we are just getting word of a pretty big discovery on mars. folks, it involves water. that's next. pass pass i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're confident i'll be fine. please listen to your body. if something doesn't feel right for two weeks or longer, see your doctor. get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers. knowing can make all the difference in the world. there's a health company that can help you stay that way. what's healthier than that? . >>> mars rover curiosity on the job for 50 days driving around the red planet's rocky terrain and conducting experiments. nasa has a brand new update on the roving laboratory's discovers. chad myers, you have the news. you have been listening. fill me in. >> big stuff today. >> big stuff? >> yea
romney versus obama next wednesday 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> just in. news from space. we are just getting word of a pretty big discovery on mars. folks, it involves water. that's next. pass pass i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're...
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i hear folks on the left and right saying barack obama's got it locked up and i have this rung debate with governor spitzer. i said every time you say president obama has this locked up democrats will stay at home. if you think that you're going to stay home because barack obama has got the whole thing sown up, you are the problem with democracy. you are a barnacle on the dingy of freedom. it's more important than ever to get out and vote. we will be taking your calls all morning long at 866-55-press. we want to know your thoughts on all this stuff. first, i want to talk about what happened last friday on fox news. for those of you who lived in california where i did for about 11 years or so, freeway chases are nothing new on the news. every time someone robs a stuckey's, helicopters follow the vehicle. what happened on friday was rather tragic. fox news was covering this and fox news to be fair, isn't the only cable news channel isn't the only cable channel that drops everything to follow chases. cnn has done it as well. a man named caesar romero was engaged in a freeway chase wanted
i hear folks on the left and right saying barack obama's got it locked up and i have this rung debate with governor spitzer. i said every time you say president obama has this locked up democrats will stay at home. if you think that you're going to stay home because barack obama has got the whole thing sown up, you are the problem with democracy. you are a barnacle on the dingy of freedom. it's more important than ever to get out and vote. we will be taking your calls all morning long at...
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a last people who are saying they will vote if president obama right now, those marginal democrats who are nowhere near as excitessed as they were in 2008, by the time we get closer to the election a lot of those folks will be screened out in the screening models that pollsters use. this is likely to tighten up as we get down to the people who are actually going to show up on election day, not the people who are telling us they will five weeks out. >>neil: good point all, thank you, andy. >> what is it going to take for mitt romney to be it in the former c.e.o. of mcdonald's knows. >> mitt romney better wake up to the fact he better start bringing us down to the level where a coal miner in ohio gets it, a factory worker in cleveland gets it and a farmer in iowa gets it. if he doesn't, he will lose this election. >>neil: if you think that is tough love, wait until you hear the rest of that on mitt romney and president obama. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. on fox business network. you are thinking, well, o'reilly is on at the same time, but his show repeats, like, 72 times, all right? >> f
a last people who are saying they will vote if president obama right now, those marginal democrats who are nowhere near as excitessed as they were in 2008, by the time we get closer to the election a lot of those folks will be screened out in the screening models that pollsters use. this is likely to tighten up as we get down to the people who are actually going to show up on election day, not the people who are telling us they will five weeks out. >>neil: good point all, thank you, andy....
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>> i think mitt romney has it right in the sense that obama care is unpopular. pieces of it might be popular, but mitt romney's been campaigning that he would repeal obama care and replace it with pieces that are popular, but this whole idea about social issues i think is so fascinating and underreported that really it's the obama campaign and the democratic party that has tried to make this a social issues election. even turning questions of taxation into a question of fairness, not one of fiscal responsibility or sobriety because at the president himself said, you don't raise taxes in a recession, and we're still certainly struggling along in this economy. so taxation has been turned into a social issue. we saw in the mid-term election that 31% of gay men and women actually voted for the gop so. what did you see at the democratic convention? gay marriage being touted. finally, on women's issues. if you were to listen to the democratic party, apparently there's some deficit, some sortage sort a -- shortage of condoms, but women care most about the economy. demo
>> i think mitt romney has it right in the sense that obama care is unpopular. pieces of it might be popular, but mitt romney's been campaigning that he would repeal obama care and replace it with pieces that are popular, but this whole idea about social issues i think is so fascinating and underreported that really it's the obama campaign and the democratic party that has tried to make this a social issues election. even turning questions of taxation into a question of fairness, not one...
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president obama. romney at 41%. that's an average of the swing states you point out. many states i believe 30 plus, are voting right now. ohio, i believe tomorrow starts its early voting. when you look at a moment that's supposed to be, michael, a game changer, and the candidate is rehearsing zingers, as reported with "the new york times" what could change the whole momentum in 37 days? haven't we heard already a pluts ra of information -- plethora of information from mitt romney, both vague when it comes to tax loopholes and maybe specifics when he talks about the 47%? >> i don't know that zingers necessarily turn it around. john harwood had a great piece in today's "new york times" talking about how rarely does a debate alter the outcome of a presidential race. so, you know, a good one liner may take -- get people to take notice but i don't think it turns around the momentum. he needs to completely right this ship because ever since the 47%, and the president clinton speech at the debate, the moment
president obama. romney at 41%. that's an average of the swing states you point out. many states i believe 30 plus, are voting right now. ohio, i believe tomorrow starts its early voting. when you look at a moment that's supposed to be, michael, a game changer, and the candidate is rehearsing zingers, as reported with "the new york times" what could change the whole momentum in 37 days? haven't we heard already a pluts ra of information -- plethora of information from mitt romney,...
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. >>> all right, thank you so much. >>> president obama and mitt romney coming face-to-face as american voters weigh in, picking their first choice on the presidential debate, october 3rd, live on cnn.com. >>> and 38 days from the presidential election, but already millions of americans have had their say. in fact, nearly half of all voters are expected to take advantage of early voting laws, as john king reports in the battleground state of iowa. as a candidate may already be emerging. >> reporter: mind made up, ballots cast, 40 days early. this opening day line is in iowa city. >> here we go. >> reporter: this one in des moines. iowa's early voting, part of a growing and natural trend. some states allow the early voting, including the battlegrounds, cnn ranks as toss-ups. here in iowa, the early numbers and early turnout is just a big obama head-start. so far, an advantage statewide in requesting early ballots. >> i was wondering if the president will have your support this november. awesome. >> reporter: and when it comes to early in-person voting, there is added emphasis in getting
. >>> all right, thank you so much. >>> president obama and mitt romney coming face-to-face as american voters weigh in, picking their first choice on the presidential debate, october 3rd, live on cnn.com. >>> and 38 days from the presidential election, but already millions of americans have had their say. in fact, nearly half of all voters are expected to take advantage of early voting laws, as john king reports in the battleground state of iowa. as a candidate may...
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back to the campaign trail, right now one theme of president obama's re-election bid is equal pay for equal work. an assertion by the president and democrats that women earn about 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. but analysts raised questions about this hot button issue. chief national correspondent jim angle is live in washington. all right, jim, so what's the big deal? [laughter] >> reporter: well, arthel, the key assertion, as you say, is that women only make 77 cents for every dollar that men make. that is in obama ads and in his own statements. listen. >> president obama knows that women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men isn't just unfair, it hurts families. >> if you do the same work as a man, you ought to be paid the same wage as a man. [applause] >> reporter: now, of course, the problem is that's not true. the assertion that it's equal work for equal pay -- equal pay for equal work. the census data don't say women make 77 cents on the dollar for the same work. a census official briefing reporters was recently asked if it measures equal pa
back to the campaign trail, right now one theme of president obama's re-election bid is equal pay for equal work. an assertion by the president and democrats that women earn about 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. but analysts raised questions about this hot button issue. chief national correspondent jim angle is live in washington. all right, jim, so what's the big deal? [laughter] >> reporter: well, arthel, the key assertion, as you say, is that women only make 77 cents for every...
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det ant. 850,000 jobs, they're right here in the buckeye state because barack obama stood up for thos jobs. we know where the voti booths are, in places like toledo at the ymca where it's easy and great access to get to and we're ing to turn out e te. >> great to have both of you with us tonight. remember to answer the question tonight on the screen. and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we would really likeo get your comments on ohio. it'such a crucial state. dorsement, but me rowe of "dirty jobs" joined mitt romney today in ohio. we'll tell you why he might not want to give the candidate, you know, too much love. in fact, hought to take a second look, a very close look. congressman jim mcdermott joins me for the discussion. ay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. look! she wears the scarlet markings! [ man ] out! your kind is not welcome here! nor your odd predilections! miracle whip is tangy and sweet, not odd. [ man ] it's evil! if you'd t
det ant. 850,000 jobs, they're right here in the buckeye state because barack obama stood up for thos jobs. we know where the voti booths are, in places like toledo at the ymca where it's easy and great access to get to and we're ing to turn out e te. >> great to have both of you with us tonight. remember to answer the question tonight on the screen. and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we would really likeo get your comments on ohio. it'such a crucial state....
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strong or leaning president obama's way. anders anderson, if the president were to win ohio and win florida and the polls show him leading right now, game over. there's nothing else he has to do if the map doesn't change. >> amazing how it boils down to that. gloria, the president holds very strong numbers on the economy interestingly enough in these states, in particular he polls high on the question who better understands the financial problems that people are facing and that's despite the fact that those polls feel the country's on the wrong track. what does that say to you? >> well, it says what the president has done is he's connected with people to let them know he's on their side. that's a key thing to do in a presidential race. does this president understand my economic problems. even though they believe that the country is headed on the wrong track, those numbers are high, but they're not as high as they were, say, six months ago, and what this also says to me is that they bought the bill clinton argument from the c
strong or leaning president obama's way. anders anderson, if the president were to win ohio and win florida and the polls show him leading right now, game over. there's nothing else he has to do if the map doesn't change. >> amazing how it boils down to that. gloria, the president holds very strong numbers on the economy interestingly enough in these states, in particular he polls high on the question who better understands the financial problems that people are facing and that's despite...
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coming out to vote against president obama. he should have at that point started to drive his campaign toward the independents, toward suburban voters in philadelphia and cleveland and places like that. he didn't do that. he has not been. for those of us who served with him as governors, we're shocked that he's been such a poor candidate. because he was a good governor, he was a good governor, he did some very impressive things and he's made every mistake in the books, you can't just subscribe to the fact that president obama is a good candidate. he's a good candidate with a very tough economy. >> to some extent, those were problems that were hard to overcome. one of the ways he could humanize himself was to talk about his religion. that with a difficult with a conservative political base that was suspicious of mormonism. one of the main things of his record as governor was health care in massachusetts. >> he's talking about it now, he should have talked about it earlier. it's a big achievement. >> it was a risky strategy. >> l
coming out to vote against president obama. he should have at that point started to drive his campaign toward the independents, toward suburban voters in philadelphia and cleveland and places like that. he didn't do that. he has not been. for those of us who served with him as governors, we're shocked that he's been such a poor candidate. because he was a good governor, he was a good governor, he did some very impressive things and he's made every mistake in the books, you can't just subscribe...
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bush. >> from the right or george w. bush, or if mitt romney made a speech and held up that kind of a bomb and drew the line. it boggles the mind. these are serious issues. they are complex. the country and the world deserves to know exactly where we are in the process and where we're going to get to. >> i know that particularly netanyahu always savvy about the american media. this was clearly designed so that more of us would cover this. it was an and t-- antic. >> i think probably benjamin netanyahu's standing with important leaders is pretty well fixed, i don't think it moves it one way or another. he is a hard liner. he doesn't like this administration plainly. they have some real differences. he is quite close to mitt romney. he knew him before -- >> how about the fact, i was going to say, how about the fact today he will speak by phone to both. a world leader doing that -- >> that's a danger for him, i have known him a long time. he is always moving forward. the danger is that he can involve himself too demonstrabl
bush. >> from the right or george w. bush, or if mitt romney made a speech and held up that kind of a bomb and drew the line. it boggles the mind. these are serious issues. they are complex. the country and the world deserves to know exactly where we are in the process and where we're going to get to. >> i know that particularly netanyahu always savvy about the american media. this was clearly designed so that more of us would cover this. it was an and t-- antic. >> i think...
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right now, right now obama clearly is ahead in these key battleground states. that's very significant. it can have a demoralizing impact on a lot of republicans and a lot of republican money from that perspective as you point out. but at the same time, it can make the democrats overconfident. they may decide, you know what, he doesn't need anymore money, he's doing just fine. or i don't have to show up and vote because the president's going to win. so there's a two edged sword to being ahead or behind at this point in the polls. this race is continuing. it's by no means over. anybody who says it's over is being ridiculous. >> and speaking of the '80s, i actually started my career in the '80s, although i love that compliment from you. >> you look much younger than that. >> you can be on every day. thank you, wolf blitzer. >>> the election's close, debates are even closer. the first debate is next wednesday night, cnn special coverage starts 7:00 p.m. eastern. 4:00 pacific. october 3rd, debate night and date night. make it date night, folks. live on cnn and cnn.c
right now, right now obama clearly is ahead in these key battleground states. that's very significant. it can have a demoralizing impact on a lot of republicans and a lot of republican money from that perspective as you point out. but at the same time, it can make the democrats overconfident. they may decide, you know what, he doesn't need anymore money, he's doing just fine. or i don't have to show up and vote because the president's going to win. so there's a two edged sword to being ahead or...
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let detroit go bankrupt. 850,000 jobs, they're right here in the buckeye state because barack obama stood up for those jobs. we know where the voting booths are, in places like toledo at the ymca where it's easy and great access to get to and we're going to turn out the vote. >> great to have both of you with us tonight. and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we would really like to get your comments on ohio. it's such a crucial state. >>> coming up, it was not an endorsement, but mike rowe of "dirty jobs" joined mitt romney today in ohio. we'll tell you why he might not want to give the candidate, you know, too much love. in fact, he ought to take a second look, a very close look. congressman jim mcdermott joins me for the discussion. stay with us. >>> coming up, "dirty jobs" host mike rowe joins mitt romney on the campaign trail to discuss jobs and vocational training. i think he's campaigning with the wrong guy. >>> scott brown's race-baiting comments about elizabeth warren and his supporter's racist chances have the cherokee nation asking the senator for an apolog
let detroit go bankrupt. 850,000 jobs, they're right here in the buckeye state because barack obama stood up for those jobs. we know where the voting booths are, in places like toledo at the ymca where it's easy and great access to get to and we're going to turn out the vote. >> great to have both of you with us tonight. and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we would really like to get your comments on ohio. it's such a crucial state. >>> coming up, it was...